May 26 building a color palette...

The sensations of colors on the palette can be spiritual experiences.

— Wassily Kandinsky

Sometimes I forget how serene it is to begin the process of building a paint palette.

For me, the process is ceremonial - a gathering of brushes, filling glass jars with water and selecting specific watercolor tubes. Usually this preparation is done in silence, no music...no little people. It is my time to think about what the colors might communicate, how they might be mixed and the possibility of that magical moment when one color is washed into another.